Cloud Methodist Church WW1 And WW2 Tablet

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Congleton
Town: Cloud Side
County: Cheshire
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 42766

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Current location

Cloud Methodist Church
Red Lane
Cloud Side
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 3QQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 9102 6245
Denomination: Methodist

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Description

Wall-mounted nowy-headed white marble tablet on black backboard and supported on two corbels. Rose and stem border all around. Additional tablet added below for WW2 fatality.

Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." Below: REV. THOMAS W. BAILEY. C.F. R.A.C.D. CITY OF LONDON/ YEOMANRY KILLED IN ITALY MARCH 28TH 1944 AGED 37/ BURIED IN SANGRO MILITARY CEMETERY.

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Allen, James
Bailey, Harold
Bailey, Thomas W
Boon, Leonard
Byrom, George Thomas
Meakin, Francis Leonard
See details for all 6 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Title, firstname, surname, unit, detail of death, age, detail of burial
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Backboard
Measurements: depth 60 MM, height 1110 MM, width 760 MM
Materials: Slate
Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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